Down Club Hurling & Football

[Johnnysboys]

What has Mc Entee done to deserve to be in the mix?
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Won back to back club all Ireland titles as a manager. Is that not enough?

[Johnnysboys]

[/quote]what has poacher done? It's just a list of names, some will be ruled out quicker than others
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Down minors
Down U21s
Carlow
Roscommon
15 years at senior club

Probably the most experienced coach in the county
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And won absolutely zero with the lot of them! Not sure his mentality of talking plenty of sh**e about what he will do but inevitably losing is what we need at the forefront of a new Down.

[covid20]

 A lot of personal attacks on current management and potential new Managers.

[Mourne Rover]

Rosskarr may want to write off the younger players who put in a tough shift against plainly superior opposition yesterday but our rebuilding has to start somewhere. While O'Hare might have taken a couple of wrong options, he also managed to score a goal six minutes into his first competitive appearance. Perhaps we might allow him to complete at least one game before we dismiss him at the age of 20. Lynch may or may not reach inter-county standard but he was one of our steadier performers in a defence which was overrun. Magill, although he was actually better against Monaghan, and Murdoch, have obviously potential, and, together with Gilmore and Kerr, give us some hope that 2023 could represent an improvement on an almost entirely disastrous 2022.

[Nanderson]

Anyone know if we have ever gone a full calendar year without a win before?

[Mourne Rover]

In 2016, we lost all seven league games, Monaghan beat us by 19 points in the USC and we lost our first round qualifier to Longford. We did have a win against in the McKenna Cup against St Mary's, who were obviously not a county team.  Bleak seasons are not unknown for Down in the modern era.

[Back2Winning]

If rumours are true and James has stood down, could Micky Moran be talked into becoming the next Down manager with Conor Laverty on board?

[rosskarr]

Rosskarr may want to write off the younger players who put in a tough shift against plainly superior opposition yesterday but our rebuilding has to start somewhere. While O'Hare might have taken a couple of wrong options, he also managed to score a goal six minutes into his first competitive appearance. Perhaps we might allow him to complete at least one game before we dismiss him at the age of 20. Lynch may or may not reach inter-county standard but he was one of our steadier performers in a defence which was overrun. Magill, although he was actually better against Monaghan, and Murdoch, have obviously potential, and, together with Gilmore and Kerr, give us some hope that 2023 could represent an improvement on an almost entirely disastrous 2022.

A more reflective post today.

[Lotto]

If rumours are true and James has stood down, could Micky Moran be talked into becoming the next Down manager with Conor Laverty on board?

Yeah class, Roger as team liason and Terry as selector, wee Richie looking after the gear, a match made in heaven.

[Sandstorm]

Looks like a winning formula  😂

[African Sunset]

If rumours are true and James has stood down, could Micky Moran be talked into becoming the next Down manager with Conor Laverty on board?

He's pushing seventy and it's an act of desperation to be even thinking of approaching him.

If Laverty is the solution, then what was the question? From a distance he look like somebody who is a divisive figure.

Let's be honest, if Down packed up and left the inter county scene for good, would anyone kick up a fuss over it?

[befair]

Shows what a strong club team can do for their county, if they have the courage to face the challenge and step out of their comfort zone into a higher standard. Delighted to see Chris McKaigue and Brendan Rodgers winning at county level; great players for their club for years, now getting some recognition. Apart from Daryl Brannigan, don't think Kilcoo have anyone as good as those two, but they would still add considerably to the strength of the panel.

[rosskarr]

Shows what a strong club team can do for their county, if they have the courage to face the challenge and step out of their comfort zone into a higher standard. Delighted to see Chris McKaigue and Brendan Rodgers winning at county level; great players for their club for years, now getting some recognition. Apart from Daryl Brannigan, don't think Kilcoo have anyone as good as those two, but they would still add considerably to the strength of the panel.

And add in that Rodgers and and McKaigue play Hurling for at least their Club and it shows you the grit
that they have.This is severely lacking in Down players.

[Truth hurts]

Derry shows what buy-in from clubs can bring to the county. I do think we have every bit as talented as Derry but the commitment shown to Gallagher shows what can happen. For a club with Kilcoos history, it's a shame they have no intercounty All-Ireland Senior football medalists and I think maybe only James Morgan (1971) is their only Ulster intercounty medalist. I do think we have the footballers in this county to challenge for an Ulster title but we can't have anyone outside looking in, we need everyone at the party.

[johnnycool]

Would Lavery be the unifying messiah that evidently is needed?

I'm hearing that he might not be, but you lads are closer to the ground big ball wise than me.

Wee James took on a very poisoned chalice and never let his county down. His star still shines bright for me.